Chapter 18: The Spectator
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It's the first time Sima Cuo has seen Shang Ying speak so angrily, on weekdays, there is no big frame for the official Shang Ying, and everything is just done within his duty.
For the sake of the general, Shang Ying was even more conscientious and devoted to the cultivation and care of the soldiers, all of which made Sima Cuo have no way to refute it, and there was no reason and no courage to refute it.
The oppressive atmosphere was filled with the smell of gunpowder in an instant, but Sima Cuo knew that no matter who was angry, he could only relieve his anger by sending out the fire. What's more, he himself is already holding the mentality of death.
simply stiffened his head, and said whatever he wanted, "It's still the same sentence, there will be nothing to say at the end of the defeat, but this mistake Sima must be remembered, if there is still a chance to fight and kill, the end will definitely take warning." ”
Hating iron and steel, he glanced at Sima Cuo, Shang Ying didn't bother to argue with him, and said helplessly: "How to decide this matter, or wait until you return to Xianyang, you will personally ask the king for guilt." ”
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There is a small stone mountain three hundred miles away from the northwest of Linjin Pass, because the perennial yellow wind blows, the mountain stone is covered with a thick layer of loess, from a distance, the two sides of the stone mountain are dangerous cliffs, but the top of the mountain is lush with woods.
Also because of the dangerous mountains, it is rarely visited.
A twisting path up the hill is obscured by the autumn foliage. On a boulder beside the path, a thatched hut with a simple stove piled up of rocks, and a black pitch kettle roasted by a firewood spewed white mist on it.
"But there's a result? I guess the Qin army should completely take back Hexi. A man who looked like he was roasting around the firewood, smiling, glancing at the tall guy across from time to time.
"Hehe, you guessed wrong this time." The tall guy stretched out his big hand, which was already a little rough, and flickered a few times on the fire, and his expression was a little mysterious, "Let me tell you, this time it was the Wei army that won, and it was a big victory, at least 80,000 of the Qin army's 100,000 troops were killed and wounded, and Shang Ying fled in the wilderness." ”
"Huh? It's really fake, you kid don't bluff me. ”
"Cut, what's the lie to you," the guy immediately showed a face full of displeasure in his eyes, "This is what I have seen with my own eyes, what I have seen with my own eyes, and it can not be fake." ”
Before the words dissipated, the young man began to lower his head and roast a fire on his own.
The middle-aged man on the other side was very energetic when he heard this, and as soon as he lifted his buttocks, he moved to the side of the guy, stretched out his hand and slapped the guy on the shoulder a few times, and said eagerly: "You tell Lao Tzu about it, where will the Wei army's strength be the opponent of the Qin army." Lao Tzu saw with his own eyes two days ago that the Qin army beat the Wei army to the death and defended the Linjin Pass. ”
"Anyway, the Wei army won." The young man, frowned, and said casually: "But I can't tell you what is going on, originally the Qin army was about to capture the Linjin Pass, and the city gates were broken, but at this time, I don't know where to kill 10,000 Wei troops, they outflanked from the rear of the Qin army, and there were chariots, and the besieging Qin army was in chaos all of a sudden, and then the Wei army pursued with victory, in short, the Qin army that fled in the end was no more than 20,000." ”
"After talking for a long time, it's better for me to go, you can't tell why you came to such a wonderful battle, it's really in vain." After hearing this, the middle-aged man knocked on the young man's head.
"You're going? It's not that I'm talking about you, but with your cautiousness, I guess you can't even see the chariot that came out of the middle of the road. ”
"Hey, you kid still dares to talk back, it's against you. Hurry up and clean up here, and go back to Handan with Lao Tzu to report the matter to the king. ”
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Night.
Sinzheng, South Korea. The dark palace was lit by the lights, and all the passages were lit with lights, and in the quiet night, the lights gave off a leisurely crackling sound.
In the imperial study, Han Zhao, who was nearly fifty years old, retired and left only Xiang Guoshen to discuss state affairs.
The early morning and late night of autumn were already a little cool, and although there was a fire specially raised by the eunuch in the imperial study, the quiet hall still seemed deserted.
In the dim candlelight, the two sat opposite each other, and they didn't see Han Zhaohou open their mouths for a long time.
"You should rest late at night," Xu saw Han Zhaohou's hesitation, and Shen Buxian, who had gray sideburns, was the first to ask: "At this time, recruit the old minister to come, the king has something important to discuss." ”
"Hey!" Staring at the exquisite patterns carved on the corner of the table in front of him, Han Zhaohou took a deep breath and said, "At noon, there was a battle report, saying that the Wei army defeated the Qin army at Linjin Pass, and the Qin general Shang Ying fled in the wilderness, and Sima almost became a ghost under the knife. I don't know if the old Xiangguo has ever heard of it. ”
"The old minister just heard about it," Raising his head, Shen Buxiao's somewhat cloudy gaze looked straight at Han Zhaohou, "But I don't know what the king is worried about?" ”
As soon as these words came out, there was a long silence.
Seeing this, Shen Buxian lowered his head again, he seemed to have guessed something, but there were some things that could not be said if he knew them.
"You have followed the widow for fifteen years, and the credit to my Han is obvious to millions of subjects, but you don't know what the widow thinks in his heart."
"The old minister is willing to share the worries of the king, if it is useful to get the place of the old minister, Shen will not harm and die."
"Aiqing's words are serious." Waving his hand slightly, Han Zhaohou knew that he was a little procrastinating at this time, but sometimes people are like this, like a gamble that puts their lives on their own, and anyone will sway at this time. Especially as a monarch, this is a big business, and nothing can be regarded as child's play.
"Korea is mountainous and difficult to cultivate, and since the division of the three families, the national strength of our country has always been much worse than that of the surrounding powers. Especially the Wei State, located in the Central Plains occupies most of the plains on both sides of the river, the national strength of the Wei State has increased sharply since the Wu Qi Reform, and has repeatedly violated the border of our South Korea, so that the Korean people are deeply trapped in fire and water.
This time the Wei State was defeated, and the widow wanted to take advantage of the Qin people to disturb Hexi when he sent troops to attack Wei, in order to eliminate the hatred in my heart, but who wanted to welcome the Wei State at a critical juncture, the widow thought hard for an afternoon but failed to think clearly about the reason, so he has been hesitant about the matter of the Wei Dynasty, but at this time, if he does not cut Wei, how can he be worthy of the dead people of my Han, so he recruited Aiqing in the middle of the night to listen to Aiqing's opinion. ”
Han Zhaohou simply said everything he was going to say in one breath, and when the words fell, his eyes were firmly fixed on Shen Buxian's body.